[Brodgers88]

Finally got a greensmower! I'm pretty excited to have my hands on one of these machines. I picked up a Toro Greensmaster 1000 last weekend. Yesterday I had a chance to test it out a little and go over the mower a little. I began disassembly to replace both reel bearings. It runs great and everything is in working order but I did find that the reel bearing on the left side is bad. The reel looks to be in decent shape and I'm hoping to get a little use out of the current bedknife. Eventually I want to change out this 11 blade with the 8 blade. For this season I will actually be using the mower on my fiancee's centipede grass lol so everybody get ready to see what reel low centipede looks like! I'm going to maintain a hoc of 3/4"-1". I don't plan on keeping the centipede long term, but I am going to work with it until I can renovate the lawn.

 

[Ware]

Congrats!

 

[Redtenchu]

Congratulations!

 

[SGrabs33]

Dormant stripes :thumbup:

 

[Spammage]

Looking forward to seeing what you are able to accomplish with the Toro! Your work with the McLane was clearly substandard. :wacko:

 

[SCGrassMan]

You're the bugger who STOLE MY MOWER lol. Congrats dude. Looks great.

 

[MasterMech]

Congrats! Looks great!

You might find that bedknives are cheap enough to not warrant running a worn knife. Replacing the knife and backlapping the reel should yield a pretty decent cutting setup.

Didn't I read somewhere on here recently that centipede doesn't like low cuts? Not trying to rain on the ballgame here, just don't want you to have unexpected results with such a nice mower.

 

[Brodgers88]

Thanks guys!

Looking forward to seeing what you are able to accomplish with the Toro! Your work with the McLane was clearly substandard. :wacko:

Lol yeah that old '98 McLane has served me well! I'm very excited about the Toro!

You're the bugger who STOLE MY MOWER lol. Congrats dude. Looks great.

Haha I figured there was someone else ready to pounce on that deal. Thanks! Good luck in your search. I hope you find one soon!

Congrats! Looks great!

You might find that bedknives are cheap enough to not warrant running a worn knife. Replacing the knife and backlapping the reel should yield a pretty decent cutting setup.

Didn't I read somewhere on here recently that centipede doesn't like low cuts? Not trying to rain on the ballgame here, just don't want you to have unexpected results with such a nice mower.

Thanks for the advice MasterMech! You've got a good point about the bedknife so I might just go ahead and replace that while I have it all apart.

Yeah centipede definitely can't handle the lower hoc like Bermuda but it can tolerate 1". I spoke with someone that works for a local sod farm that grows centipede and he claimed they have cut centipede at 5/8" before but it was almost ripping up stolons at that height. I'm planning on cutting at 3/4" to 1" until I can kill off the centipede and plant Bermuda. If the low cut causes the centipede to decline I'm ok with that :nod:

 

[MasterMech]

What about running the McClane (assuming you still have it and it's operable) on the Centipede and the GM1k on your Bermuda?

 

[Brodgers88]

I actually did consider doing that but I'm at my fiancee's house 95% of the time lol and I really wanted to have the toro with me. We're actually hoping to sell my house soon which is where all the Bermuda is. Trust me I can't stand the centipede in her yard so it's only a matter of time before I rip it out and plant Bermuda.

 

[Jericho574]

It was great meeting you and your fiancee! Super happy the GM found a great home

 

[SCGrassMan]

You can probably get a fairway bedknife and get a few fractions of an inch higher on the HOC

 

[Brodgers88]

It was great meeting you and your fiancee! Super happy the GM found a great home

We enjoyed meeting you too! Lol I'm super happy to finally have one of these! Thanks again man

You can probably get a fairway bedknife and get a few fractions of an inch higher on the HOC

That's exactly what I was planning to do! I'm gonna go with the super thick bedknife from r&r products.